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Turkish Airlines flight #TK1968 to Istanbul returned to Birmingham Airport quickly after departure due to a tail strike. The aircraft (reg. TC-JYG) suffered a tail strike on departure from Birmingham Airport due to a gust a wind as Storm Hannah is crossing the UK. The Boeing 737 Next Gen departed at 10:45 LT and…

An Air India Boeing 777-200 suffered APU fire at Delhi Airport during preparing for flight #AI174 to San Francisco. The fire started when the plane was empty. The fire was doused immediately. Boeing 777-200 (reg. VT-ALF) was taken out of service.

A Boeing 767-300ER suffered left engine issue on takeoff from Barcelona Airport. On April 14th, Arkia flight #IZ272 from Barcelona to Tel Aviv declared returned after takeoff after experiencing a serious engine issue. The pilots declared an emergency informed the control tower that it was returning immediately to landing. The aircraft maintained 3,000ft before a safe…

During interview with Chinese news agency Xinhua,Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam said “Our engineers are working with COMAC engineers to evaluate the suitability of C919 passenger planes.” Ethiopian is currently considering adding the C919 planes to its aircraft fleet when the airplanes are ready for sales. Ethiopian Airlines currently operates daily scheduled passenger and cargo flights…

Flight #CX113 from Hong Kong to Auckland was cancelled due to landing gear issue. Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 (reg. B-LRF) had to dump fuel over south China Sea prior to return to Hong Kong after landing gear could not be retracted. The aircraft landed safely shortly after midnight, runway 07L at HKG.

An barn owl has been found nestled in the engine of a plane on Thursday morning. The bird was discovered sleeping in between the jet engine turbine blades of a Virgin Australia plane shortly before take-off in Sydney. The owl was saved during pre-flight check of the Boeing 737-800.

The incident occurred during a sea rescue operation at Fond Bellemare in French Island of Martinique, around 4 pm on Wednesday 3 April 2019. While the diver had recovered the victim, during the operation to bring the diver and the victim back to shore, the helicopter struck and damaged three high voltage cables. Despite the…

A Quick Alert Response (QRA) from Royal Air Force was launched today as Russian bombers flew off Norwegian and UK coasts. This morning NATO radars detected Russian Aircraft flying off Norwegian coasts. A Royal Air Force tanker took from from Brize Norton base as well as an E3-F Awacs for airborne radar detection. Two RAF Typhoons…

On website, WOW air has confirmed end of operations. Icelandic budget airline Wow Air has collapsed and gone out of business after failing to finalise an equity deal with investors. The Airline said ‘WOW AIR has ceased operation. All WOW AIR flights have been cancelled.’ Passengers are advised to check available flights with other airlines.…

A British Airways #BA174 declared an emergency and diverted to St. John’s due to fire alarm. The Boeing Boeing 777-200 (reg. G-ZZZA) with 209 people onboard operating flight #BA174 from JFK to London Heathrow was forced to divert to St. John’s during the night. The captain announced a potential fire in the forward cargo hold. Fire crews were on…

Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-281B (reg. EP-FAB) was damaged after cargo handling workers of Doha International Airport, Qatar mistakenly unloaded the cargo from the nose. The flight arrived from Tehran. It is the sole airworthy 747 Fars Air Qeshm. This aircraft is suspected to often carry weapons for IRGC to Syria.